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IIE: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Description: The Institute of International Education (IIE) offers a congressionally-funded program that allows students to pursue study abroad worldwide. The program is intended to fund students who have been traditionally under-represented. Please note that sometimes the Gilman makes available $3,000-$8,000 Critical Need Language Supplements.
Qualifications: Applicants must be undergraduate students, U.S. citizens, and currently be receiving a Pell grant. Funded students are usually: studying in non-traditional locations, have high financial need, attending a community college, from diverse ethnic backgrounds, have disabilities, and are from the non-traditional age group. Students may apply for funding to any country except for Cuba and those currently under U.S. Department of State Travel Warning.
Amount: Up to $5,000.
Length: The length of the study abroad program (4 weeks to one academic year).
Application Process: Students may only apply if the study abroad program they are accepted to is credit-eligible, for a single country, and lasts between four weeks and one academic year. Students must e-mail a rough draft of their application essays to the BYU Gilman Advisor prior to completing the online application.

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Timeline:

Event	Date	Notes
Application Available (Fall)	2/1/2009	Available in Early February.
Fall Deadline	4/7/2009
Application Available (Winter)	8/31/2009	Available in Late March.
Winter Deadline	10/6/2009

Resources:

Official Website	Official Website for the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship
Multimedia Resources	Multimedia Resources to help your prepare your application.

Faculty Coach:

Aaron Rose

International Studies Program

204 HRCB

2-8241

aaron_rose@byu.edu

Recipients:

Kiely Smith	2008-2009
Jeffrey Lemon	2008-2009